How do you pronounce "comparable?" (1 Viewer)

[captain_amazing]

This one bugs me.  Most folks here are intelligent enough to choose the right answer, so please settle this.

 

[jamny]

COMP ER UH BUL

 

[belljr]

COM PAIR UH BULL

a combinations of both

 

[cstu]

COMP ER UH BUL

WRONG.

Results of this pole shock me - I use the word on a daily basis professionally and it's COM PAIR ABLE.

 

[moleculo]

COMP RA BULL

Not that I'm a South Carolinian, I don't see the need for extra syllables.

 

[Phil Elliott]

COM PAIR UH BULL

a combinations of both

this

 

[Juxtatarot]

come pair a bull

 

[3C's]

WRONG.

Results of this pole shock me - I use the word on a daily basis professionally and it's COM PAIR ABLE.

yeahno http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/pronunciation/english/comparable

 

[ShamrockPride]

COMP RA BULL

Not that I'm a South Carolinian, I don't see the need for extra syllables.

 

[jamny]

WRONG.

Results of this pole shock me - I use the word on a daily basis professionally and it's COM PAIR ABLE.

The people you are speaking to are laughing at your pronunciation behind your back. It's probably an inside joke around the office.

 

[jamny]

The Starbucks President just said Com pair able twice on cnbc as I was typing the last post.

I hate Starbucks.

 

[Sinn Fein]

COMP RA BULL

Not that I'm a South Carolinian, I don't see the need for extra syllables.

We have a winner

Comparable - pronunciation

 

[cstu]

yeahno http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/pronunciation/english/comparable

As an appraiser we call them COM PAIR ABLES, although they are usually called comps.

 

[3C's]

As an appraiser we call them COM PAIR ABLES, although they are usually called comps.

comp

 

[cstu]

The people you are speaking to are laughing at your pronunciation behind your back. It's probably an inside joke around the office.

No, it's the accepted way to say it. They are treated as nouns.

In daily life I would say 'two things are com pra bull' when using it as an adjective.

 

[Vanilla Guerrilla]

I use a Spanish accent and say COMB-pah-RAH-blay.

 

[Sinn Fein]

No, it's the accepted way to say it. They are treated as nouns.

In daily life I would say 'two things are com pra bull' when using it as an adjective.

You are still saying it incorrectly - as an industry...

 

[3C's]

You are still saying it incorrectly - as an industry...

Kinda like those damn realtor ads, amiright? Who the hell says Real-TORE?

 

[cstu]

You are still saying it incorrectly - as an industry...

I agree. 

 

[Cjw_55106]

I agree. 

And yet you are shocked by the results? I don't get it.  :whoosh:

 

[cstu]

And yet you are shocked by the results? I don't get it.  :whoosh:

Didn't think it through when I voted.  I use the word for business every day and almost never in regular life.

 

[Arizona Ron]

'Mericable 

 

[avoiding injuries]

cum-pair-ra-bul 

 

[arrow1]

similiar

 

[Joe Summer]

COM PAIR UH BULL

This is how my grandpa would say it. He also liked to say "come-FART-A-BULL".